Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack On The Way

I don’t need a family of four to see the value in snagging an Xbox Live Gold Family Pack membership this November. For the price of two individual Xbox Live Gold memberships you get four individual Xbox Live Gold memberships. Aside from that, all the parental controls are lost on me, but here they are [...]

Surprise! New Smaller, ‘Whisper Quiet’ Xbox 360 Shipping Today

J Allard Explains Why He Left Microsoft

News quickly spread yesterday that J Allard and Robbie Bach were leaving Microsoft. For those that don’t know, Allard and Bach co-founded Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, so it came as a shock that the guys behind the Xbox, for example, were bidding adieu to Redmond.

iPads, Xboxes Pressure Democracy, Says Obama

In his commencement speech at Hampton University in Virginia, President Barack Obama set his sights on modern media and a handful of vessels that deliver the news.

In Which We Demo Project Natal

It’s safe to say that Project Natal needs no introduction but if you’ve been living under a rock or are unfamiliar with Xbox then think of Natal as Microsoft’s answer to the Wii. It was announced at last year’s E3 and little has changed since other than a release date – “in time for the [...]

Xbox On WP7: Is Microsoft Finally Ready To Get Serious About Mobile Gaming?

When Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 this morning, they showed that they were finally ready to bring something stronger than NERF guns to the increasingly contentious smartphone street fight. They also indicated a level of commitment to a business that’s been even more neglected: mobile gaming. Games will be one of the six primary hubs [...]

New Music Games: Riddim Ribbon Busts A Groove, Fret Nice Plays Nice

If you’ve already had your fill of “Boom Boom Pow”, you might want to wait a while to cue up Riddim Ribbon on your iPhone. In this officially endorsed Black Eyed Peas game, you try to keep a rolling marble on a narrow track in order to preserve the ill and dope (Ribbon’s words, not [...]

Microsoft Euthanizes Original Xbox Live Service. So What’s The Big Deal?

Late last night Microsoft announced it was discontinuing its Xbox Live service for original Xbox games. You’ll still be able to play games such as the Halo, Halo 2, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on your original Xbox and on the Xbox 360, but after April 15th, the online multiplayer features for all of these [...]